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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1954
Page
9
Recent acquisitions at Acton Memorial Library include a wide array of titles such as The Desert Lion The Coffee Train The Tudor Rose Away All Boats Great Trains of the World The Wizard of Oz Not as a Stranger We Chose Cape Cod and Return in August among others.
Visiting Rotarians were listed by the Jary Club at the last meeting and ID at the Howard restaurant. Names include A Glenn ington Jesse F J Bent from Stuart Allen Charles Venice Nokomis Douglass Peter Lappen Harold I Clifford Hunt Dr Donald nard Peter Van Sharpe Gordon Genther Jrence Smith Cam htors Charles Bierbrier and two students Robert ad Charles Napoli. A ladies night at the Shaker in Woburn announced with G Sher and Harold N.
A pictorial map by Miss Anne Ommercia and a geographic display feature in the high 00s buildings. Names listed include Ingham Barbara, Kaminski Landry, Caroline van Priest, Phyllis Steele, Dor David Wilson, Ger id Richard Harper. An education program titled Sex Ed Home for all is planned with a Union event at Unity Club.
Marilyn Moore of East Acton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrington Moore, has been named dean's list student at Jackson College for Women Tufts College. Dean Katherine R Jeffers sent her congratulatory letter noting scholastic achievement and wishing continued enlightenment.
Concord Tuesday meeting of Knights of Columbus No 287 chaired by Grand Knight Leonard J Wetherbee reported on a recent major degree and outlined two upcoming events Robert E Sheehan chairs the communion breakfast on April 25 and John J Sheehan leads the July 25 summer outing.
Concord William Leroy Jackson 68 retired president of the Colonial Optical Company Boston died after a two week illness at his Lexington home 40 Hancock Street He played football at Concord High School in 1903 and captained by Luther Franks He belonged to the Concord Rod and Gun Club Musketaquid Sportsmen Club New England Fox Hunters Club and Vesper Country Club He survived by wife Ruth Brigham Jackson His funeral was held at his home and burial in Munroe Cemetery Lexington Local folks attended.
West Acton sixth graders from the West school visited the Museum of Fine Arts on Wednesday. A guide lectured on ancient Egyptian Greek and Roman civilizations as the class viewed treasures. Accompanying teachers were Mrs Corneli er Mrs Sweatt Mrs Ballantine and Mrs Abbt with many students named in the group.
Acton newly elected Planning Board member Acton-Frederick A Whitcomb is the new chairman chosen at last week s meeting Richard A Gallant was elected secretary Other members include Robert M Stow Thomas Motley and Aubrey Cretzschmar Whitcomb was elected to a four year term at the March 1 election Building codes take effect 60 days after the election Weekly meetings are held Mondays at Town Hall to plan putting local machinery into action Whitcomb announced Acton adopted building codes and voted for the planning board at a special town meeting last year
Eight people died and 58 were injured as tornadoes struck Georgia on Saturday. The storms damaged Fort Benning and Lawson Air Force Base with estimated losses around 25 million dollars. An airman and a baby girl were among the dead near Columbus, while the first funnel entered near the city. The winds reached 115 miles per hour.
Acton High School guidance director Miss Ruth Proctor announced three seniors have been notified of their college acceptances and plan to enter their freshman year next September. Charlotte Hill of Acton Center will attend Chandler School for Women, Phyllis Wetherbee of Boxborough will study at Fitchburg State Teachers College, and Gladys Webb of West Acton will also attend Fitchburg State Teachers College.
Mr. and Mrs. Van diver M Kennedy of 33 Sudbury Road Concord celebrated their 13th anniversary. married in Honolulu, both long-time residents. Mrs. Kennedy, formerly Catherine Mullen, and husband operate Kennedy's Store on Thoreau Street.
The speaker reflects on life’s highway shifting from bright romance to grey stones yet finds balance as sorrow and joy cycle through. Happiness grows when tempered by sorrow, ending with lasting happiness.
Justine Hollywood, former Acton fourth grader, writes from Lailly en Val France February 19 1954 about arrival in France after a rough air trip from Jamaica to Dublin and Paris. She describes green countryside, Irish stew called chips, February weather, school routines, clothing, and a Jeanne d Arc statue sent to her classmates.
Highland Elementary School pupils will present a Gymnasium Exhibition at Union Hall next Monday evening at 8 o clock. Stephen Minnassiam will lead the event with students from Grades 1 through 8 participating. Minassian trained as a practice teacher at Concord.
The Concord Woman's Club will meet Monday after noon March 22 at 2 45 at the Girl Scout House. President Mrs E Clifford Goodspeed will lead a business session. Guest speaker Mrs Emily Parcher will discuss Easy Gardening for Busy Housewives. Tea host is Mrs LeBaron Webster. Plans made for the annual luncheon April 12 at 1 pm.
Concord High School track coach Harold Skip OConnor spoke at the Maynard Rotary Club dinner at Carbone's Twin Trees Restaurant. He discussed schoolboy track and his work as a producer of many championship teams.
Businessmen traveling from Berlin on German railroads find trains equipped with offices and all necessary supplies, along with multilingual secretaries and efficient service.
Maine rose to fifth in regional shoe output with 37,985,000 pairs and shipments worth 125,819,000. New Hampshire followed with 37,773,000 pairs and 136,437,000 in shipments. Total U.S. production reached 501,180,000 pairs, down 1 percent from 1952, with civilian shoes at 497,611,000 pairs and military at 3,539,000.
Ruth Maynard Newton special education counselor will headline the South Middlesex Association for Retarded Children meeting. The open event at Hastings School Framingham on March 22 at 8 PM aims to advise parents on meeting children’s education needs.
The Armed Forces issue calls for auditors with five years experience, offering salaries from 35060 to 8360 dollars annually. Openings in New York City and nearby cities including Rochester Poughkeepsie Johnson City Buffalo Port Newark Bridgeport Boston and other locations. Applicants may substitute a accounting degree for three years of required experience and must have public accounting cost or government auditing background.
A trial in a Georgia farming community near Americus uses more than 300 transistors in an experimental system. The device enables many conversations over a shared pair of wires without interference and operates economically over short distances. Southern Bell participates in the project.
During a warm spell in Omaha Nebraska a woman reported spotting the first barefoot boy of the year at local weather bureau. The lighthearted note highlights early signs of spring and seasonal chatter in the city.
Use water left over from cooking vegetables to thin condensed soups. This practice recovers flavor and reduces waste by reusing the nutrient rich broth.
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